Now let me correct one impression about the meaning of Biafra as some believed it is a name given by Portuguese explorers. How is it that a minority tribe, Fulanis, who are not even from Nigeria, who came from Guinea only a few hundred years ago, are ruling Nigeria? Let’s also remember the white people who Ojukwu’s unprofessional militia killed and kidnapped, a man who summarily sentenced foreigners to death thus wiping away any international pity for the besieged enclave. Cyrene is in there too and was a city/territory during biblical times.
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biafra“. We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly. There was a Biafra before 1967which lost its sovereignty to colonial powers. The amazing thing is that members of this Fulani tribe are probably the least educated tribe in Nigeria. Our towns may have been called Duke town, Creek town, or even James town by the white man but these names were consensual, we welcomed the white man even when he assumed authority in not so direct and boastful way as the Biafran occupiers did, the stay of white people was consensual and we even enjoyed the fanciful names because the white man called our lands by a name he could pronounce on his little map. STANDS4 LLC, 2020. The rest are history today which you can confirm for yourself. The subject is not open for debate. Some claiming the name is Portuguese, some saying it was derived from the name of a Senegambian ethnic group, some mischievously claiming it is of Biblical origin, the list goes on.
(6) Independent and sovereign Biafra will never translate to loss or forfeiture of landed properties of her citizens in Lagos, Abuja or anywhere in Nigeria.
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Is it the case that black folks are always ruled by people with Caucasian blood in them? That Portuguese sailor probably came from the village of Biafra and gave the name Bight of Biafra in honor of his village? The word Biafra has its generics from “Ephraim” as pointed out by Martin Simon Ukegbe (a religious activist who suggested that the new Republic of Biafra of 1967 be called the Christian Democratic Republic of B”Ephrayim) the B there signifies the bay or bight so the word Biafara or Biafar has its root from B”Ephraim but the Europeans at that time called it Biafar-Biafara or Biafares. The inhabitants were mostly the Igbo people who led the secession due to economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria. There was nothing like biafra kingdom. The people are part of the AFAR ethnic group in the horn of Africa, although CHRISTIANS. What does that make Igbos?
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Forget Ijaws, Efiks and other groups that were in the so-called Biafra. BIAFRA IS NOT WAR!
Cloudflare Ray ID: 5ec5088d7c0bdfcb As we remember the army of Biafra, let’s not forget the children who were forcefully conscripted, our children who died while Ojukwu prolonged the suffering and starvation of their families. We recommend all users to check out ". "BIAFRA." Biblical meaning of the name “EPHRAIM” is “God has made me fruitful in the land of my affliction”. Check the 16th century of Africa and you will see for yourself, Biafra is not Igbo. Look at maps drawn by cartographers in the 15th Century. However, we know he was from Portugal, this is before Mungo Park the Scotish explorer who actually explored to the central part of the Niger river. A short-lived secessionist state in southern Nigeria in the late 1960s. Therefore, I come to conclusion that Biafra means come and take. He is arrogant, trickster, fraudulent and incoherent in his conduct. • Igbos had no chiefs. Please refer to us as Alaigbo. me correct one impression about the meaning of Biafra as some believed it is a name given by Portuguese explorers. Fulanis, Arabs of sorts are ruling Africans in Nigeria! The Nigerian Army Attack On Biafra: Its Mixed Feelings For Us. The Igbo people have a melodic music style into which they incorporate various percussion instruments; the Udu, which is essentially designed from a clay jug; an Ekwe, which is formed from a hollowed log; and the Ogene, a hand bell designed from forged iron. The river is named after Nun the father of Joshua of the tribe of Ephraim. Completing the CAPTCHA proves you are a human and gives you temporary access to the web property. (2) (3) (4). This site has text, audio,Videos and graphics, as well as interactive areas.
There is no need for Igbo people to call themselves by a Portuguese name, Biafra. “Biafra took name from “Bight of Biafra” as labeled by colonial conquerors, “On 30 June 1849, Britain established a colonial protectorate over the Bight of Biafra, under the authority of the BritishConsuls of the Bight of Benin, “Biafra, officially the Republic of Biafra, was a secessionist state in south-eastern Nigeria that existed from 30 May 1967 to 15 January 1970, taking its name from the Bight of Biafra (the Atlantic bay to its south). Who is going to compare them to the hugely well-educated Yorubas and decently educated Igbos? Five million Fulanis since 1804 ruled the Hausa states (they appointed emirs in major Hausa towns and cities and ruled them from their headquarters at Sokoto). After two-and-a-half years of war, during which a million civilians had died in fighting and from famine, Biafran forces agreed to a ceasefire with the Nigerian Federal Military Government, and Biafra was reintegrated into Nigeria.